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hugo7
Learnt quite a bit last night:
1. routers are limited and require more skill and knowledge that I expected/previous tools. More practise needed, but started to get the measure of it... Oh and they are fucking messy!
2. Cordless 1/4 routers rinse through little 8yo batteries.
3. Soft wood is a bit shit
4. Trust your measurements and cut to the right depth/space rather than going short and tidying after
5. I understand why all youtubers have table saws
6. I need to workout some sort of outdoor work table/upgrade to my dads knackered old workmate (how I wish I'd replaced the top before ply went ££££s 😭)
Anyway, making slow progress. I've been aiming to do a step each evening. Unfortunately last night was more of a learning curve and took longer than expected. So I have my half-laps 90% complete. If tidying them up tonight doesn't take too long then I may still be able to fix them together keeping me on schedule.

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Grumpy_Git in reply to @hugo7

For outdoor workspace make a couple of sawhorses and use some ply/mdf as a worktop. If needed screw some 2x3 to the underside as bracing.

That's probably the most useful workspace outside of my full workbench in the garage.

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hugo7 in reply to @Grumpy_Git

That's pretty much my plan.

I use our now slightly knackered outdoor table (as pictured) in combination with the workmate if stability is required.

The challenge is working out the size and most importantly storage location for the top. My sheds are overflowing at the moment. It would be amazing if I could somehow magic up a free weatherproof one that blended seemlessly with a fence and was immune to any sort of warping or damage.

Ideally I'd like to do a version of the Charley DIY one.

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https://youtu.be/PTN3EmLiYdg?si=mmFhVDDa8YVl62Su

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